Devi’s Hemant Mathur Goes Solo

A day after Devi gets a plug from Sam Sifton, his colleague Flo Fab reports that its chef and founding partner, Hemant Mathur, is leaving to open his own Indian fine-dining restaurant, Tulsi. It’ll open at 211 East 46th Street, near Third Avenue, in September. The new chef at Devi is Walter D’Rosario, formerly of Utsav Festive Indian.